HAL Heli Expo 28 - 30 Jan 2020 If you were looking for your next aircraft, vendor, mentor, job, or professional development or employment opportunity, then you should have been at the HAL Heli Expo held in Anaheim, California. With 18,000 industry professionals and 700 exhibitors, Heli-Expo is the largest helicopter exhibition in the world. It is organized by the Helicopter Association International. In 2013, it attracted 20,393 visitors from all over the world. It is one of the largest gatherings of the industry and is often the place where innovations are introduced. HAL strives to provide its members with services that directly benefit their operations and to advance the international helicopter community by providing programs that enhance safety, encourage professionalism and economic viability while promoting the unique contributions that vertical flight offers society. The exhibitors this year, like in past years, reads like a true who's who in the vertical lift industry. Amongst the more than 700 exhibitors were:-  BELL   The Bose A20 Aviation Headset is engineered for increased noise reduction in even louder environments and has an improved degree of comfort, all without compromising our acclaimed clear audio.  Enstrom Helicopter Corporation designs, fabricates, assembles and tests a full line of light single piston and turbine engine helicopters for training, executive transport and commercial operations in the global market. Enstrom has been manufacturing helicopters for over 60 years. Their mission is to deliver the safest and best-supported helicopters in the world. Enstrom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chongqing General Aviation Group (CGAG) and is located in Menominee, Michigan.  Evolution carries a full line of pilot supplies and custom configurations for all flight helmets, to include repair of all brands of flight helmets.     MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI), a woman-owned company, is a leading manufacturer of commercial, military, law enforcement and air-rescue helicopters. The MD Helicopters family of rotorcraft includes 5 highly regarded commercial helicopters: the twin-engine MD 902 Explorer as well as a single-engine fleet that features the MD 600N, MD 520N, MD 500E, MD 530F. MDHI also offers a growing family of military rotorcraft that includes the proven MD 530F Cayuse Warrior, advanced MD 530G and MD 530G BII (Block II) Light Scout Attack Helicopters and the next-generation MD 969 Light Attack Helicopter. World renowned for value, versatility and performance, MD Helicopters is also the exclusive provider of the innovative NOTAR® system for anti-torque control with no tail rotor - a key feature of the MD 902, MD 600N and MD 520N. This unqiue technology delivers safer, quieter performance and unmatched confined-area access capability as compared to other rotorcraft in their class.  For over 40 years, MINT Turbines has been an industry-leading FAA/EASA certificated Part 145 Repair Station offering full-service Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services and support to operators of the Pratt &Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A & PT6T Series plus Honeywell T53 Series of gas turbine engines world-wide.  To date, Robinson Helicopter Company has delivered over 12,000 helicopters worldwide.   Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Safran has a global presence, with more than 95,000 employees and sales of 21 billion euros in 2018. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and development programs to meet fast-changing market requirements, with total R&D expenditures of around 1.5 billion euros in 2018.  Schweizer RSG is privately held and specializes in the support and production of the world's safest light helicopters. Specifically, the S300C (269C), S300CBi (269C1), and S330/333 (269D).  Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, based in Stratford, CT, is a world leader in aircraft design, manufacture and service. Lockheed Martin headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 100,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.  Thales is a leading supplier of avionics products and services for the helicopter market and maintains global service network that supports its products 24/7/365. Thales's innovative solutions translate into more capable platforms bringing greater performance and cost effectiveness with key references onboard major programs. At this edition of HAL they revealed their simple, compact and safe autopilot solution, their new FlytX compact, crew-centric, customizable and connected avionics suite already selected by some OEMs as well as their fully digital services solutions offering value to operators.  Their current products include main rotor blades for the Bell 206B JetRanger and 206L LongRanger and tail rotor blades for the 206B/L/OH-58 and various models of the UH-1 Huey. They also have an FAA-certified repair station onsite. Visit vanhornaviation.com for more information. |
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